Cybersecurity firm ESET is urging Windows 10 users to upgrade to Windows 11 or Linux to avoid a “security fiasco” as the 10-year-old operating system nears the end of support in October 2025.
“It’s five minutes to twelve to avoid a security fiasco for 2025,” explains ESET security expert Thorsten Urbanski.
People planning to migrate to Linux should probably allow themselves more than 15 minutes for the process of backing up all the things, choosing a distro, installing it, finding out what software is available, what needs to be learned, what needs to be given up, what new things are available, configuring everything, and getting used to using it.
It’s a pretty big job. You’ve got to do it eventually though, might as well get started.
I’d argue it’s no bigger job than keeping up with Windows.
Switching to 11 would cause more than 15 minutes of headaches as well.